Be My Baby
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Published: Apr 01, 2001
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781854594891
Description: Set in a Mother and Baby Home in 1964 in the north of England, Be My Baby follows the fortunes of Mary Adams, aged 19, unmarried and seven months pregnant. Forcibly sent there by a mother intent on keeping up appearances, Mary - along with the other girls in the home - has to cope both with the shame and with the dawning realisation the she will have to give the baby up for adoption whether she likes it or not.